The Board found that the Veteran's joint aches, other than due to fibromyalgia and bilateral CTS, are likely related to an undiagnosed illness during his service in the Persian Gulf War.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the claim as there is no known clinical diagnosis for the symptoms, which align with signs or symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses such as fatigue, joint pain, and muscle aches.
- Claimed conditions
- joint aches, CTS
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1423135
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What this means for you
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